A few 2.3 cleanup items.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/test/testlib/coverage.py b/test/testlib/coverage.py
index 0203dbf7d..fc0f2c236 100644
--- a/test/testlib/coverage.py
+++ b/test/testlib/coverage.py
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ import token
 import types
 from socket import gethostname
 
-# Python version compatibility
-try:
-    strclass = basestring   # new to 2.3
-except:
-    strclass = str
 
 # 2. IMPLEMENTATION
 #
@@ -799,7 +794,7 @@ class coverage:
         # On windows, the shell doesn't expand wildcards.  Do it here.
         globbed = []
         for morf in morfs:
-            if isinstance(morf, strclass):
+            if isinstance(morf, basestring):
                 globbed.extend(glob.glob(morf))
             else:
                 globbed.append(morf)